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RYUSENSHI: A RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO QUAILS ON MILLET
LOT 165 - NE1124
By Ryusenshi, signed Ryusenshi 龍川子
Japan, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Finely carved as a pair of quails on top of stalks of cut and bound millet sheeves bearing thick heads of grain. One bird quaintly buries its head beneath a stalk while the other preens its left wing, the eyes of both inlaid in dark horn. Carved in openwork with undercutting, the millet grain and the quail’s feathers are finely incised. Natural himotoshi. Signed to the underside RYUSENSHI.
LENGTH 4 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only minor wear. One inlaid eye replaced.
It is supposed that Ryusenshi was a Yamada carver related to Masanao, however the Atchley netsuke depicting a cockerel and hen, signed Ryusenshi Issan, suggests that he was actually an Iwashiro carver.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related wood netsuke by the same artist of a cicada grub resting on half a walnut shell, signed Ryusenshi, illustrated in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part B, p. 686. Compare a related wood netsuke by the same artist of a cockerel and hen seated on a tatami mat, signed Ryusenshi Issan Iwashiro, dated to the early 19th century, illustrated in Atchley, Virginia / Davey, Neil (2006) The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, p. 48, no. N39.
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